Easy Smashed Potatoes

Description

Smashed potato recipe with garlic, parmesan and parsley. The perfect side dish for a Sunday night dinner. Pairs beautifully with Chicken, Pork or Beef.

Scale

Ingredients

16 oz (450 g) red baby potatoes

1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsp (30 ml) melted butter

1 garlic clove, minced

1 tbsp (15 ml) fresh parsley, chopped

1 tsp (5 ml) freshly grated parmesan cheese

a sprinkle of fleur de sel sea salt, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425F (218C)

Boil potatoes until soft and tender. Drain and pat dry.

Place potatoes on a rimmed lined cookie sheet and press each one down, gently, with a potato masher. It’s OK if they crumble a bit a fall apart, just bring the crumbs together to form a cohesive disk, they will come together once roasted.

Drizzle olive oil over smashed potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 mins.

Meanwhile in a small bowl whisk melted butter with minced garlic clove. Set aside.

After potatoes have roasted for 20 minutes, pull the tray out and with a pastry brush, gently brush each potato with the melted butter mixture and place the tray back in the oven for 5 more minutes.

Then remove potatoes with a spatula and place in a shallow bowl. Sprinkle with some fleur de sel sea salt. Add the chopped parsley and freshly grated parmesan cheese.

Notes

Red Potatoes (or Yukon Golds) work best for this recipe because of their waxy texture. Stay away from starchy potatoes like russets since they’ll fall apart too easily.

Be sure to pat your boiled potatoes really dry. A dry potato will crisp up much better than one that is wet, which will steam up.

You can also use a meat mallet to smash your potatoes, you’ll just get a flatter potato

Once the potatoes are done, you can keep them warm in a 200F oven before serving. They just get better the longer they sit in there. But I wouldn’t go over 30 minutes.

Category:Side Dish

Method:Bake

Cuisine:American

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